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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
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The Conservative Party Leader has called for family law to be revised so there is a “strong presumption in favour of equal rights” for both parents when a relationship breaks down. Children’s contact with their fathers and extended family has risen up the political and media agenda in recent months due to the high profile… Read more »
The Leader of the House, Peter Hain, will today open a new exhibition entitled “House to Home: Bringing Parliament and people together.” The exhibition is being run as part of the Hansard Society’s 60th anniversary celebrations. The Hansard Society is a charity working to “promote effective parliamentary democracy” and encourage greater political engagement with the… Read more »
